སྟང་ཆན་མ་རབ་ཏ་འཇམས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་མད notes.37
Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm notes.37
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37. Śrīgupta, as the ṭīka (F.91.a) states, is the name of a previous king of Magadha (the first of the Guptas). However, the story referred to here is no doubt the one related in detail in the Śrīguptasūtra (Toh 217), in which a wealthy householder called Śrīgupta, at the instigation of his Jain teacher, plots to kill the Buddha in a firepit and with a poisoned meal; he fails, repents, and receives teachings. See Liljenberg (2021).